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"did_you_know": "On the back Amenpayom is depicted again worshiping the gods of Mendes, Harpocrates, Banebjedet, and Hatmehit.",
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"description": "This magnificent life-sized torso is inscribed for Amenpayom, the great army general of the district of Mendes in the Nile Delta. By the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305-30 BC) when this statue was made, the Egyptians could draw on 3,000 years of expertise carving hard stone. Enough remains to show that Amenpayom was represented in the traditional pose for men: left leg striding forward, arms at his sides, and supported by a back pillar. The subtle, masterful treatment of the undulating musculature and meticulous, flawless polish are hallmarks of this period, when Egyptian artists reveled in the natural beauty of the human form.",
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"citation": "Kozloff, Arielle P. \"The Egyptian Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.\" American Research Center in Egypt. Newsletter. 125 (Spring 1984).",
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"citation": "Chevereau, Pierre-Marie, and Jean Yoyotte. Prosopographie des cadres militaires e\u0301gyptiens de la Basse Epoque carrie\u0300res militaires et carrie\u0300res sacerdotales en Egypte du XIe au IIe sie\u0300cle avant J.-C. Paris: Cybe\u0300le, 1985.",
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"citation": "Cafici, Giorgia. The Egyptian Elite As Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture. 2021.",
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